arolyn's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
courtneyfalling's review
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I love Jennifer Givhan's poetry. This collection reminds me of a mix between Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado and The Carrying by Ada Limón: it's a little surreal and fairytale-inspired, and it talks quite a bit about imagined children and infertility and pregnancy and parenting. Beautiful and solid.
Favorite poems:
Favorite poems:
- Karaoke Night at the Asylum
- Town of Foolish Things
- Why Birds
- The Test
- The Initiation: Three Stories Up
- After the Miscarriage(s)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Suicide attempt
meganskywalker's review against another edition
4.0
Poetry isn’t something I often grab, it just isn’t a genre I feel I have the taste or skills for comparatively. I picked this up per recommendation from the artisan geek on YouTube. They recommend this collection of poems for their readathon fortnight frights.
However, with Latinx heritage month happening I decided to pick this read up sooner! While I still don’t think I will run to pick up poetry this collection of poems is so incredibly haunting and reflective of this author’s love of their culture and literature. It’s rooted deep in varying reflections of motherhood in a way I think all reads can connect to. If you are looking for poetry to read I recommend you read this!
However, with Latinx heritage month happening I decided to pick this read up sooner! While I still don’t think I will run to pick up poetry this collection of poems is so incredibly haunting and reflective of this author’s love of their culture and literature. It’s rooted deep in varying reflections of motherhood in a way I think all reads can connect to. If you are looking for poetry to read I recommend you read this!
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